Automobile attachment



Nov. 2 1926.

G. W. LUCAS AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT Filed April 29. 1926 /Zzamf wucfnfoz,

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UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE..

GEORGE W. LUCAS, OF CAMPBELL, MISSOURI.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

Application med Apin 2e, 192e.A serial No. 105,506;

This invention relates to an attachment for automobiles and is designed primarily to be placed under the top portion of the hood of an automobile for the purpose of stoppingand properly disposing of any water that may work through the hinge or that may drain onto the engine head from the radiator.

lt is well known to those skilled in the art that in some types of automobiles the ignition frequently becomes inoperative due to the seepage of water through the hinge in the top of the hood.

Furthermore moisture condensed on the radiator or on the tube leading therefrom frequently drains onto the head of the motor and likewise interferes with the proper operation thereof,

it is an object of the present invention to provide a means whereby moisture entering the motor through the hinge or draining toward the engine from the radiator along the lube extending therefrom, will be stopped and deflected.

A further object is to provide a device of this cliaracter which is simple in construction and can be installed readily.

W ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from `the spirit of the invention.

lin the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

Tn said drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal Section through the attachment in position under the hood, said hood being shown in section and a portion of the hood being shown in elevation.

ligure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the trough forming a part of the attachment.

.-leferring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a portion of the hood of an automobile engine, the same being provided with a hinge 2 along the center of the top thereof and below this hinge is provided the usual rod 3 connecting the radiator 4 to the dash 5 of the vehicle'.

The attachment constituting the present invention includes an elongated shallow trough 6 having end walls 7 and 8, there being' an upstanding ear 9 at the center of the end wall 7 through which the. rod 3 is eX- tended. A cross strip 10 is secured to and extends across the trough near its other end and has upstanding ears 11 through which the rod 3 extends. l/fith the rod thus positioned in the ears 9 and 11 the trough is properly supported beneath the hinge 2 so that any moisture draining through the hinge will beI trapped in the trough. The trough is of sufficient length to approximately reach the radiator 4L and the dash 5. Thus the head of the engine will be fully protected from moisture draining through the hinge.

The trough 9 is maintained in an inclined position by the rod 3 and moisture in the trough will tend to drain toward the forward end thereof. In the bottom of this forward portion is an outlet opening 12 from which extends a tube 13 which hangs downwardly in front of the engine E so that moisture discharging through the tube will drop below the to) of the engine where it will not cause any arm.

The parts of the structure thus far described will obviously talle care of any moisture draining through the hinge 2. It is well known, however, that some moisture will. frequently work along the water pipe P ei;- tending from the radiator to the engine and this water sometimes causes as much trouble as that entering through the hinge.

For the purpose of deflecting any water thus draining along the pipe there is provided a shield or apron 14 formed of leather, metal or the like and which is adapted to t'snugly about the pipe. This apron is supported by a loop 15 depending from the trough 6. One side of the apron can be slit as at 16 so as to permit the apron to be.v placed about the pipe. Thereafter the sides of the slit can be held together by means of suitable fasteners 17, or the like. When the apron is thus secured it will serve to deflect downwardly and forwardly any moisture draining thereagainst. The apron also serves as an anchor for the trough 6.

l/J hat is claimed is:

1. The combination with a radiator, a water pipe extending therefrom, and a rod connected to the radiator, of a trough supported in an inclined position by the rod and having an outlet, a drain tube extending from the outlet, a split apron depending from the trough and embracing the water pipe, and means for holding the split apron closed about the pipe.

2. The combination with the radiator of an automobile, a Water pipe extending therefrom, and a rod connect-ed to the radiator, of an elongated trough, means thereon engaging the rod for supporting the trough in an inclined position, said trough having a drain outlet adjacent one end portion, a combined anchoring and deeeting apron con 10 nected to the. bottom of the trough and embracing the Water pipe, said apron being;- split for a reception of the pipe, and means for holding the apron closed about the pipe.

In testimony that I claim the foreggoin;v as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signa ture.

GEORGE W. LUCAS. 

